My first question is, who's the audience for this movie? It's not zany enough to play to teens. It's not going to attract a female crowd. Its appeal is too narrow, too limited, too small. It's a coming of age story about a man in mid-life. Really?
Ed Helms was right on the money. Yet, is he a leading man? Highly doubtful.
John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche - all terrific. The problem isn't with the acting, it's with the script. The hilarity feels forced, the situations contrived. Are we really supposed to laugh aloud when Ed Helms comes across, evidently, the first black man he's ever encountered?
This is a good example of winning characters in search of a better plot.
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